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Books Part 8: Creating Finish and Furniture Layout Collages
Books Part 8: Creating Finish and Furniture Layout Collages

Topics covered: Item collage, Image collage, Product collage, Mood collage, Style meeting, Aesthetic meeting, Initial consult.

Updated over a week ago

Creating a collage of Items can be a helpful visualization tool for clients. Follow the steps below to create a collage inside of your Design Book presentation. If you haven't yet created a book, refer to Books Part 1: Create a Design Book.

Create a Collage

Step 1: Navigate to a Design Book and select a Page. For more on creating a new page, see Adding Pages.

Step 2: Once you have opened your page, click the Add Image button in your toolbar on the right.

Step 3: Click to upload files from your computer or drag and drop your images into the blue folder.

Step 4: Hover over any Image and click Use this image. Repeat until you have added all Images to your canvas.

Note: Click into any Image on your canvas to access the cropping tool.

Step 5: Begin arranging the Images on your canvas. To move the position of an Image, select the Image and click the Arrange button at the top right of your screen, to bring up a menu of options:

  • Send to back

  • Bring to front

  • Send backward

  • Bring forward

Step 6: To rotate or flip Items, click into the Item and select the Rotate button in the menu at the top right for options.

Note: To add a Header/Footer or other Layout to your page, select Add a page layout to this page at the top right and choose from the Layouts available for that Theme.

Step 7: Finalize your collage. As you are working, the system is saving your work automatically.

Tips & Tricks

design.efficiently Tip 1:

Rename your Image with the manufacturer or supplier URL to quickly return to it later.

design.efficiently Tip 2:

Add Tags for easy reference later.

design.efficiently Tip 3:

When adding your own Items to the Catalog, utilize the About field to store the manufacturer or supplier URL for easy reference later.


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